Transportation Systems and Services Quiz

What is physical distribution also known as?

• Logistics

• Transportation services

• Inventory control

• Stock handling

Which transportation mode is most frequently used?

• Air cargo services

• Trucking

• Marine shipping

• Railroad

What is the minimum number of pounds of freight needed to fill a boxcar called?

• Carload

• Ton-mile

• Piggyback

• Fishyback

Which transportation mode is the cheapest but also the slowest?

• Marine shipping

• Trucking

• Air cargo services

• Railroad

Which transportation mode is the fastest but also the most expensive?

• Railroad

• Air cargo services

• Marine shipping

• Trucking

Which transportation mode is commonly used to transport oil and natural gas?

• Air cargo services

• Pipelines

• Trucking

• Railroad

Which transportation service specializes in delivering small, lightweight packages and high-priority mail?

• US Postal Service

• Freight forwarders

• Bus package carriers

• Express delivery services

Which transportation service provides transportation services for packages weighing less than 100 pounds?

• Bus package carriers

• Express delivery services

• US Postal Service

• Freight forwarders

Which transportation service combines less than carload or truckload shipments from several businesses and delivers them to their destinations?

• Freight forwarders

• Bus package carriers

• Express delivery services

• US Postal Service

What is the term for transportation that combines two or more transportation modes?

• Intermodal transportation

• Ton-mile

• Fishyback

• Inland marine